the unsung heroines of sports history

WomenSports magazine
was the first magazine dedicated to women in sports. It is also where I
find out about the majority of these women in this account. It was launched
in close conjunction with Billie Jean King's Women's Sports Foundation and
each issue of the magazine contained a two-page article written by the
executive director of the Foundation. During its design and launch phase,
WomenSports received help from Ms. Magazine and Gloria Steinem. In 1984 the
magazine moved to bimonthly publication and subsequently changed its name
to Women's Sports and Fitness. Condé Nast Publications acquired Women's
Sports + Fitness in 1998 and rolled its monthly Condé Nast Sports for Women
into it to form bimonthly magazine titled Condé Nast Women's Sports and
Fitness. The magazine continued under that tile through 2000, when Condé
Nast closed the magazine. It was folded into Self in late 2000.